Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 22814 on Driving Tests: Huntingdon, what estimate he has made of the potential increase in test availability that this will provide in Huntingdon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23174 on Radioactive Waste: Waste Management, by when will he have delivered the a) review, b) update of the programme’s business case
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23062 on Military Bases, what progress has he made in identifying suitable redeployment opportunities within Defence and the wider Civil Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16066 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, whether he plans to order a further tranche of F-35 aircraft prior to taking delivery of the next batch in the early-2030s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026, to question 16066 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, over how many years does he anticipate delivery of the next tranche of F-35 aircraft to take.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026, to question 23066 on Canada: Army, by when will the annual funding profile be determined.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 23377 on National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, what was the outcome of the Programme Assessment Review of the Future Asyl
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of the fifth-generation Land Force programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact on the British presence in Antarctica of the progress made by Argentina in developing the Admiral Berisso Integrated Naval
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total cost incurred to date by local authorities in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk in preparing for local government reorganisation decis
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the officer time and staffing costs spent by councils in the 14 areas now subject to review, in developing reorganisation proposals since March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of conducting the rapid review of the Local Government Reorganisation programme, including staff time.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many substantive interviews in the asylum system have been delayed as a result of applicant illness in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time is between initial screening interviews and substantive interviews in the asylum system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average time spent on responding to an asylum claim which is (a) rejected and (b) accepted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department checks whether letters of support provided for multiple asylum seekers come from the same individual.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful asylum claimants have claimed to have the same partner since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims of asylum have been granted to Bangladeshi nationals on the basis of their membership of the Awami League since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful asylum seekers have claimed to have been (a) President, (b) Vice President and (c) General Secretary of the Awami League since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether they carry out checks to assess whether Bangladeshi asylum seekers claiming to have been a member of the Awami League held membership of that party.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims have relied on paperwork from the same judge and magistrate since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the activities of successful asylum applicants.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to integrate a distributional analysis of essential household expenditure into the formal Autumn Budget Tax Impact Assessments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of extending official fiscal forecast horizons beyond five years on long-term capital investment planning.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to protect public sector net investment allocations from short-term spending adjustments during fiscal consolidations.